Basin or bath fitting.



No. 746,419. PATEN'IED DEG. 8, 19013. J. J. WADE.

BASIN 0R BATH FITTING.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.13, 1902. N0 MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

l la Il Il 0. J 6 JMW d/. 3 A 2 No. '746,419. PATENTED DEG. 8, 19013.

J. J. WADE.

BASIN ORJBATH FITTING. nruouron FILED 00113, 1902.

lN0 MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Patented December 8, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES J. WADE, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BASIN OR BATH FITTING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 746,419, dated December 8, 1903.

Application filed October I3, 1902. Serial No. 127,065. @I model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES J. WADE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Basin orBath Fittings,of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof. n i

This invention consists of improvements in overflow and Waste fittings for basins, baths, and sinks, the features of which are set out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure lis a vertical section through the overiiow and waste passages of hand-basin having my improved appliances in a form adapted to what is known as standing and secret waste and overflow. Fig. 2 is a similar view of my invention as applied in a similar Way without the secret and standing waste. Fig. 3 is a similar view of a modified form of the device applied so as to yield an ordinary overow and Waste. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the leading feature of my invention embodied in a fitting applied to a common or old-style form of basin in which the overflow-passages are formed in the body of the basin. Fig. 5 is a partly-sectional side elevation of the binder for attaching the fitting to the basin-outlet in the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, section being made axially at the upper part. Fig. 6-is a similar view, but

. not sectional, of the binder employed for at for attaching thev fitting and forming the strainer for the overflow in the form shown' in Fig. 2. Fig. Sis asimilar view of the binderV for attaching the iitting to the basin-overow in the form shown in Fig. 3, Which is alsoidentical with the form of said binder for attaching the fittingl shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 9 is a similar view of the device analogous to the binder of the last preceding figure em ployed to form theseat for the valve in the secret waste-passage of the form shown in Fig. l. Fig. lO is a section such as might be taken across the wastefpassage in any of the forms shown, as `at line l0 10, disregarding difference in dimensions, in Figs. l, 2, 3, or

4,'the same appearance resulting from each section at the two places indicated on Fig. 1. Fig. 11 is a view which might be obtained at a section longitudinally in the overflow-passage of either of the forms shown in Figs. l, 2, or 3, as at line 11 ll on said figures, disregarding differences of dimension. y

The specific purpose of my invention is to `make a fitting for the waste and outlet passages adapted to be fastened to the bowl without cement or wiped joints by the use of ordinary gaskets to close the joints and which may be made in iron or other metal, so as to be cast cheaply with a minimum of machine or tool work and in respect to the form designed for secret and standing waste, so that the necessary valve-seat can be applied and secured without cement or .otherI difcult joints and may be removed readily without breaking any joints of a character designed to be permanent.

The fixture l I have shown as a basin of common form, having apertures 2 and 3 for the waste andoverflow outlets, respectively. In the form shown in Fig. l 'the aperture 3 being not required for overfiow purposesl Aend, where it registers with an aperture 7 in the slab 8, to the lower end, where it is closed by a cap-nut 30. An odset at the upper end is Vadapted to seat around the aperture 3 of the basin and to be bound firmly thereto with intervening gasket ll, and a branch 12, offsetting from the main passage at a point suiciently low down, is made to terminate upwardly with proper form to seatabout the outlet-passage 2 and be bound tightly to the basin With an intervening gasket 13.' To secure this fitting to the basin at the bottom outlet, I provide a binder l5, which at the upper end constitutes a thimble a, with strainer passing throughand covering the outlet-aperture 2, having its flange 15" suit- ICO ` ably seated about the margin of the aperture.

At the lower end this binder has a threaded terminal 15C, which extends out through an apertured boss 16, formed on the fitting, in aXial line with the upper month of the outlet offset or branch 12. This terminal 15c is connected with the thimble portion by two side bars 17 17, and. the fitting is furnished with grooves at 12a 12a at opposite sides of the outlet-passage through the offset branch 12, in which said bars 17 17 lodge and are accommodated without intruding into the wastewater passage. A cap-nut 18, screwed onto the end of the terminal 15C, with suitable packing-gasket 19 interposed between it and the head of the boss 16, serves to bind the thimble snugly into its seat in the basin-aperture and at the same time to clasp the fitting onto the basin about the outlet-aperture 2. For securing the fitting at the side of the basintoward the top and rendering it suitably rigid and secure a similar binder 20 is provided. When this binder is employed with the secret and standing Waste, it'serves only the purpose of the binder, and the thimble 202L at the inner end need not be yopen. The junctions are made tight by a gasket 11, interposed between the basin and the end of the oifset 10, and a gasket 23, interposed betweenthe cap-nut 22 and the boss 21. Most conveniently and preferable, therefore, the threaded terminals of both these binders are hollow, and they are not necessarily so reduced in diameter from that of the thimbles at the other end, as shown in the specific forms illustrated, though inthe particular situations in which they are used this reduction lo cconomiool ond convenient.

llor tho purpcoc ol tho occult ond standing Wosto o volvo-scot is necessarily provided below the entranceof the Waste-passage through the offset 10 into the vertical passage 5,' which latter passage constitutes the downlimb of the trap, Whose 11p-limb 24 ispreferably turned inward, so as to be under the oset; branch 12, the final. outlet, 25 being made at the side, as seen in the drawings. For bhe purpose of aiordiuga suitably-accurate seat. and one which can be made of ma.- i-.erial not. liable ro be damaged by corrosion, as it, would. be if it; were formed directly in the iron Of the fitting, I form in the latter a shoulder 26 just below the entrance of the outlet-passage l2, and a. seat-fitting 27 is made adapted to lodge on said shoulder, with packing material or gasket 27"L interposed, said seat-fitting being necessarily annular andhaving its aperture daring or conical at the upper end, while from the lower end at opposite sides bars 28 28 to an exteriorthreaded terminal 29 at the lower end, which emerges through the lower end of the fitting and receives a cap-nut 30, which being secured onto it against a suitable packinggasket 30', interposed between the cap-nut and the end of the fitting, binds the seat 27 securely in place in the packing, thereby adapting it when the valve is suitably lodged in it to completely cut off the exit of water from the xture. The overflow-tube and valve are formed in a familiar manner, comprising the tubular valve-stem 3l, terminating in the valve 32, which seats in the seat 27 and has suitable terminal guide-fingers 31a to insure its entering the seat and prevent it from damaging the latter, said tube being apertured toward the upper part at 33, so that the water risingin the passage 5 around the tube can overflow at the apertures whose position when the valve is seated determines the height at which the water will stand in the basin. The tubular stem 3l extends up between the side bars 20b of thebinder 2O and is screwed into a pull-handle 34, having the usual lodgment on the upper end of the sleeve 35, which extends through the slab 8 and enters the upper end of the litting 4 and when provided with suitable means for securing it to the latter assists in binding the slab into place at the top of the fitting and bowl. to the fitting and adapting it to slabs of dier- For the purpose of thus securing it ent thickness set-screws 36 36 may be prol vided in the upper end of the fitting impinging on the sleeve and ywhich being once set when the fixture is erected require no adjustment in use.

A fitting entirely similar to that above described may be employed with a basin of the same form when it is not to be adapted for secret and standing waste merely by dispensing with the valve-seat binder 27, closing the lower end of the litting with a plug, and modifying the binders at the overlioW ond outlot pcssogcc by adopting tho former to corvo oc c snoincl' inotocd of closing tho possono ond adopting tho lotte' to reccivc c plug instead of servmg as a strainer. It will be noticed that in the form above described the lower end of the fitting is interiorly threaded Where the threaded terminal of the valve-seat binder emerges through it and that the cap-uut 30 is aperrured at the end and provided with a plug 37, which can be withdrawn tio give access to the trap for cleaning, if desirable, without. loosening the valve-seat tsing. The interior 1.11 reading of che fisting an this end adapts in no be used in the form shown in IigA 2 vvinhout the valve-seat; firming by receiving a plug screwed into it, as above mentioned. In said form of Fig. 2 instead of the binder 15 I employ a binder 39, in all respects similar to 15, except that instead of being adapted at the upper end to operate as a strainer it is entirely open and is adapted to serve as a seat for plug 40. Similarly, in lieu of the binder 2O (shown in Fig. l) l employ a binder 4l, entirely similar, except that instead of being closed at the inner end it is perforated and adapted to serve as a strainer, as seen at 41a. In this form all the features pertaining to the standing and secret waste are omitted. A sleeve 42, however, is employed in place of the sleeve 35,V

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l latter, and a hollow boss 49 is formed oppobeing secured to the upper end of the Iittingv in the -`same way and having a soap-cup 43 screwed into it at the upper end and provided with'a iiange to bind upon the top of the slab.

In the form shown in Fig. 3. the fitting 46 has the down-limb of the trap arranged directly in line below the outlet instead of being in line with the overflow-passage 47, which follows the contour of the basin, and at the upper end the offset 48 to the overflow-outlet of the basinis formed so as to seat properly against the outer side ofthe site to it, the binder 50 being similar in form to the binder 15, having its 'head 50a constructed as a strainer, its side bars 50b accom modated ingrooves 48", and its threaded hollow terminal 50c emerging through the hollow boss 49 and securedby a cap-nut 51, suitable gaskets being interposed on the outside of the basin and between the cap-nut and the boss-49. At the outlet the binder 52 is formed at the upperend with the thimble portion 52a open and adapted to serve as a seat for the plug. The side bars 52b are accommodated in grooves 46L in the sides of the down-limb 46d of the trap, and the binder extends through the whole length of the trap, its threaded and hollow terminal 52c emerging at the lower end and being secured by aA cap-nut, which is apertured and provided with a threaded plug 52d in the same manner as the cap-nut at the bottom of the trap in the form shown in Fig. 1. 'In this form the up-limb 53 of the trap terminates in the iual outlet 54 in position for an outlet-pipe in the same generalverticalplane as the other passages of the itting.

The feature of my invention, which consists in the form of binder and fitting adapted to it, may apply to a basin of 01d and familiar type in which the overflow-passage is formed in the substance of the basin, as seen in Fig. 4. For this purpose a similar fitting 55, comprising the down-limb of the trap leading directly from the outlet and an up-limb terminating in a'final outlet 56, is bound on to the basinoutlet,which terminates, as usual,in a boss below the inlet-month of the overowpassage by means f a binder 57, the upper end of which is formed as a thimble, 57a constituting a plug-seat and having a bindingiiange 57b at the upper end, such thi'mble being formed with a lateral aperture 57e in position to register with the overiiow-passage 60. The side bars 57c are lodged in grooves a out of the path of the waste water, and

' the hollow threaded terminal 5'7d emerges at the lower end of the fitting and receives the cap-nut at 58 for securing it, and thereby binding the fitting, to the basin, such cap-nut being apertured and having a plug 59 to give access to the trap without loosening the Iitting. j I claim- 1. In aWater-iixture, a binder for securing seated, a portion of the fitting-cavity intervening and having lateral grooves in its inner Wall,the side bars ofthe annulus being lodged in such grooves substantially out of the waterpassage through the `fitting, and means on thebinder beyond the fitting for clamping the parts together.

erture; side bars extending from the annulus and aperture in a passage or cavity of the fitting along opposite unapertured walls thereof, said walls being grooved or recessed to accommodate such side bars and prevent them from protruding in the watercourse through the fitting; and a terminal which said side bars connect with the annulus, the tting having a terminal adapted to seat on the fixture at the exterior margin of the aperture of the latter, and having itself an aperture through which the terminal of the binder protrudes, and a nut on the protrudingend of the binder for clamping the parts together, suitable packing being interposed between the fixtureand the fitting and between the fitting and the nut.

3. In a waterfixture, in combination witha tting having the outlet-passages, including trap-passages; an annulus constituting a valve or. plug seat at the upper end of the down-limb of the trap; side bars extending from such annulus along unapertured walls of said down-limb, such walls being grooved or recessed, and the side bars being lodged in such grooves or recesses, and thereby accommodated out of the watercourse through the down-limb; a terminal at the lower end of the side bars which said side bars connect with the annulus,the fitting having an aperture at the lower end of the down-limb through which such terminal protrudes, and exterior IOO an annular terminal at the lower end of the side bars,the fitting having at thelower end of said down-limb an aperture through which said annular terminal protrudes,and a capnut for closingpthe aperture and clamping the valve-seat to the fitting,such cap-nut having an aperture, and a plug for closing such aperture; whereby the trap may be opened at the bottom without releasing the valve-seat from the position at which itis clamped by the cap-nut.

5. In combination witha water-xture,a f1tting having the outlet-passages from the fixture comprising a trap, the down-limb of the trap being in line with the Waste-outlet ofthe fixture, and the itting having at the upper end of said down-limb suitable terminal for seating about the exterior margin of such waste-outlet; a binder for securing the fitting to the fixture at such outlet, comprising an annulus which constitutes a plug or valve seat having a flange which seats on the inner margin of the waste-outlet; side bars extending from such annulus along inner unapertured walls of the down-limb of the trap, said walls being grooved or recessed, and such side bars being accommodated in such grooves or recesses out of the watercourse through said down-limb; a terminal which said side bars connect with the upper annnlus, the fitting having an aperture at the lower end of the trap through which such terminal protrudes, and a nut on said protruding terminal for clamping the parts together by means of the binder.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at Chicago, Illinois, this 9th day of October, A. D. 1902.

JAMES J. WADE. In presence of- CRAs. S. BURTON, FREDK. G. FIsOHER. 

